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DRISLANE, Norman Lewis

Service Number:	2885
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	29th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Perth, Western Australia, Australia , date not yet discovered
Home Town:	South Melbourne, Port Phillip, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 4 March 1917, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial Villers-Bretonneux, Departement de la Somme, Picardie, France
Memorials:	South Melbourne Great War Roll of Honor

World War 1 Service

4 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 2885, 29th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
4 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 2885, 29th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Peter Rankin

He enlisted under the alias of Norman David Cotren.